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Mammillaria

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Mammillaria is one of the largest genera in the cactus family (Cactaceae), with currently 200 known species and varieties recognized. Most of the mammillarias are native to Mexico, while some come from the Southwestern United States, the Caribbean, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Venezuela. The common name "pincushion cactus" refers to this genus and the closely related Escobaria.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Mammillaria is referenced by 123 other articles, and connects out to Cactus, taxon and Critically Endangered.

Vinony files it under Cactoideae genera and Mammillaria.

Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.

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Genus

  1. PhylumRhodophyta
  2. ClassFlorideophyceae
  3. OrderGigartinales
  4. FamilyPhyllophoraceae
Observations14,622

Цветущая Mammillaria magnimamma Различные виды маммиллярий. Mammillaria celsiana в центре Mammillaria luethyi крупным планом Mammillaria candida Род Mammillaria достаточно большой и разнообразный, и в течение времени были сделаны многочисленные попытки разделить растения на меньшие группы внутри рода или разделить род на несколько меньших по числу растений родов, в целях лучшего понимания взаимоотношения между видами. Ранние попытки классификации рода делали Pfeiffer (1837), Salm-Dick (1845) и Engelmann (1856). Род Mammillaria тогда включал некоторые независимые теперь роды такие как Coryphanta и Ariocarpus. Позже следовали классификации авторов Schumann (1898), Britton and Rose (1923), Berger (1929), Buxbaum(1951-56), Moran (1953), в которых род разделялся на части и снова объединялся. Современная работа по классификации рода была проведена кактусными специалистами Hunt, Reppenhagen, Luthy. Ими была проведена большая работа по поиску и пониманию оригинальных описаний растений и их значимости, также как и по увязыванию этих описаний с современными таксономическими требованиями. Была проведена значительная работа по исследованию морфологии растений и семян, и по изучению экологическ

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
782
With media
364
Family
Cactaceae
Collections
IEA-UAT, INECOL, UACH, CIBNOR, GH, IIB-UV
Recorded in
Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cacteae
Image
Mammillaria polyedra (5740172781).jpg
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taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Mammillaria
taxon name
Mammillaria
topic's main category
Category:Mammillaria
taxon common name
tepelcactus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • Some former species
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Cultivation
  • Uses
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Mammillaria is one of the largest genera in the cactus family (Cactaceae), with currently 200 known species and varieties recognized. Most of the mammillarias are native to Mexico, while some come from the Southwestern United States, the Caribbean, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Venezuela. The common name "pincushion cactus" refers to this genus and the closely related Escobaria.

The first species was described by Carl Linnaeus as Cactus mammillaris in 1753, deriving its name from the Latin mammilla, "nipple", referring to the tubercles that are among the distinctive features of the genus. Numerous species are commonly known as globe cactus, nipple cactus, birthday cake cactus, fishhook cactus or pincushion cactus (though such terms are also commonly used for related taxa, such as Escobaria or Ferocactus).

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